Advertising, Marketing & PR  June 19, 2019

F+W Media’s titles sold at auction, Active Interest purchases some assets

FORT COLLINS and BOULDER — Macanta Investments LLC, a New York-based investment firm, looks set to acquire several crafts magazines based in Fort Collins after submitting winning bids in a bankruptcy auction.

Macanta successfully bid $3,525,000 for F+W Media Inc.’s arts and crafts titles Monday, including $2,850,000 for a group of magazines that includes Interweave, which was founded in Loveland in 1975. Interweave and other titles in the company’s crafting group are currently based in Fort Collins.

Cruz Bay Publishing, a subsidiary of Boulder-based publisher Active Interest Media, purchased Popular Woodworking, Writer’s Digest, Family Tree, Horticulture…

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Ken Amundson is managing editor of BizWest. He has lived in Loveland and reported on issues in the region since 1987. Prior to Colorado, he reported and edited for news organizations in Minnesota and Iowa. He's a parent of two and grandparent of four, all of whom make their homes on the Front Range. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.
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